...Kyuji Fujikawa picks up saves on back-to-back days for the first time this season.

YAKULT SWALLOWS

...The last time the Swallows had three consecutive walk-off wins in a row was back in July of 2007. They also had three consecutive walk-off wins in both 1978 and 1995 when they became Nippon Series Champs.

YOMIURI GIANTS

...Shinnosuke Abe's pinch hit home run against the Chiba Lotte Marines on Sunday was the first of his career.

...Yoshiyuki Kamei, an outfielder by trade, played a couple of innings at first on Sunday for the first time in his pro career. But it was not without some preparation as the team had Kamei taking grounders at first since about the end of May in case he was needed as a replacement for Seung-Yeop Lee.

...Not many players can strike-out and draw comparisons to Hall of Fame players, except for maybe Taishi Ohta. Seems a couple of the papers in Japan are comparing Ohta's first at bat to Shigeo Nagashima's first at bat because they both struck out. Sanspo offers upHideki Matsui's first at bat (ground out to second) and Sadaharu Oh's first at bat (strike out) as well.